Saturday, 18 January 2003

My quilting corner is coming together slowly. Got a big new table and a new chair and chairmat. Next up: some bins of some sort for storing fabric. And, of course, I must grow the stash!

But... how do you GET there? Climb over the desk?

      Quilty comment by Dana on 19 January 2003

Heh. Perspective is off in this picture, but there's a pathway just behind the desk that has the towel draped over it. In one iteration my plan was to have to crawl under the big desk, but I decided the novely would probably wear off after, oh, one or two times.

      Quilty comment by Uncorked on 19 January 2003

The computer in the picture cracks me up. My Gramma is a quilter, and I keep imagining what she would say if I suggested to her that a computer was a crucial quilting tool....

Not that I'm suggesting it's *not* crucial -- it's just that the convergence of old art + new technology amuses me.

      Quilty comment by Katxena on 20 January 2003

Well, not only do I use it to occasionally browse the web for tips, but I generally have a chat and/or email window open so that I can 'be social' while I'm sewing. Hehe.

However, I have not installed Electric Quilt on that computer yet. I haven't decided yet. Psychologically, I think it helps me to have the design stage occur somewhere other than at the sewing table.

But, of course, this will all evolve over time.

      Quilty comment by Uncorked on 20 January 2003

Hmmm... I personally keep all my quilting and computing stuff in roughly the same place, so I never thought about it. I guess if I had to decide, I'd say that it might help to have them both in the same place, especially as your stash evolves. Then you could go through your stash as inspiration for a new design, or to try to match fabric to something you've already designed. But hey, whatever works for you.

      Quilty comment by Dana on 20 January 2003

Well, my paper piecing experiment failed. I'm not quite sure why, but I suspect it has to do with determining the correct order for the seams. I ended up just putting together the block I was working on by winging it. I wanted to try one of the alphabet blocks, and it's the first one I've done that had pieces of fabric that weren't squares, rectangles, or right triangles. I made a 'B' for fun. I'm going to give it to Hubby when it's done.

Nice blog.

      Quilty comment by zip code on 9 June 2003